Non-GMO not necessarily organic, and other GMO myths busted: OTAFood Navigator-USAWith all the attention GMOs have received in recent months — good and bad — confusion in the marketplace has inevitably followed, as consumers scramble to make sense of the pro- and anti-camps' arguments and product manufactures scramble to keep track of what consumers want.

Poll: Obama sinks on immigrationPoliticoA new Gallup poll shows 2 in 3 Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama's handling of immigration, contributing to the highest disapproval rating Gallup has recorded since it began polling on the subject.

Thad Cochran's Senate friends are trying really hard to save himThe Washington PostThere are only five days left until Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel face off one final time. The latest polls are close, and allies on both sides of the race are spending gobs of money in hopes that it could tilt the results, if only by tenths of a percentage point.

Opinion: Why raise the minimum wage?CNNOxfam President Raymond Offenheiser outlines the results of a minimum wage study his organization conducted, showing how 1 in 5 workers in every congressional district in America would benefit from a higher minimum wage.

CARB reminder: Reefer engine compliance deadlines approachRefrigerated TransportThe California Air Resources Board recommends that owners of transport refrigeration units and TRU generator sets should have already began their planning strategies and budget approval processes to ensure model year 2007 TRU and TRU gen-set engines are in compliance by the end of 2014.

Opinion: Real food is the solution to changing eating habits in USNatural Resources Defense CouncilWe live within a food system that makes it almost impossible to avoid sugar and hyperprocessed foods, which are in a shocking 80 percent of our food products. This begs the question: Do we invest in healthier, real food now, or wait for a public health crisis to overburden national medical costs?

Pilot project targets multi-material pouchesPlastics NewsThere's the blue bag for traditional recyclables, red for medical waste and black for regular old trash. Now comes the purple bag, officially known as the Energy Bag.

Major orchard in Canada targeting worldwide marketsThe GuardianCanadian Nectar Products is planning to put more polish on the P.E.I. fruit industry after announcing plans to produce 1 billion-plus pieces of fruit annually for the European and Asian markets in the next few years.

Former ice cream plant to get new life as Vermont slaughterhouseMeatingplaceNorth Springfield, Vermont-based Black River Produce, which until recently focused on selling wholesale produce, meat and fish to restaurants and grocers across the Northeast, has been approved for a $1.5 million state loan to add locally raised and processed beef, pork and lamb slaughtering and processing to its food distribution business.